Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97161 New Mexico Outpatient

PT evaluation, low complexity cost in New Mexico

In New Mexico, 15 hospitals publish a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, low complexity (typically about 20 minutes): from $151.80 to $418.46, with a median of $241.08. The lowest price is at Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell (Roswell). The highest price is 2.8× the lowest.

The median here, $241.08, is 21% above the US median of $199.50.
That is 2.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($97.86).
New Mexico ranks 36th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 97161. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$151.80Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell

Median$241.08half of hospitals charge less

Highest$418.46in New Mexico

Lowest saves$89.28vs the median

Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell lowest Roswell · Roswell, NM Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes	$151.80	$506.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Covenant Hospital Hobbs Hobbs · Hobbs, NM HC PT EVALUATION LOW COMPLEX CDM	$162.12	$386.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Cibola General Hospital Grants · Grants, NM PT LOW COMPLEX UNITS	$190.34	$237.93	Mar 11, 2026 source file
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup · Gallup, NM Pt Evaluation Low Complexity Units	$191.00	$637.00	— source file
San Juan Regional Medical Center Farmington · Farmington, NM Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes	$205.00	$410.00	Oct 8, 2026 source file
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes	$239.10	$797.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes	$239.10	$797.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM PT EVAL LOW Unit - Yes	$241.08	$1,148.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Artesia General Hospital Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM PT EVAL LOW COMPLEX	$249.60	$416.00	Feb 20, 2026 source file
Gila Regional Medical Center Silver County · Silver City, NM PT EVAL: LOW COMPLEX 20 MIN	$264.00	$330.00	Dec 2, 2025 source file
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Physical therapy evaluation: low complexity, requiring these components: A history with no personal factors and/or comorbidities that impact the plan of care; An examination of body system(s) using standardized tests and measures addressing 1-2 elements from any of the following: body structures and	$315.28	$525.46	Jul 10, 2026 source file
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes	$335.10	$1,117.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM PT EVAL- LOW CMP PT	$369.97	$739.95	Apr 16, 2026 source file
Lovelace UNM Rehabilition Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes	$411.30	$1,371.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Physical therapy evaluation: low complexity, requiring these components: A history with no personal factors and/or comorbidities that impact the plan of care; An examination of body system(s) using standardized tests and measures addressing 1-2 elements from any of the following: body structures and	$418.46	$697.44	Jul 10, 2026 source file

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro area	Hospitals	Lowest	Median
Albuquerque, NM	5	$239.10	$335.10
Roswell, NM	2	$151.80	$196.44
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM	1	$249.60	$249.60
Farmington, NM	1	$205.00	$205.00
Grants, NM	1	$190.34	$190.34
Gallup, NM	1	$191.00	$191.00
Hobbs, NM	1	$162.12	$162.12
Las Cruces, NM	1	$315.28	$315.28
Las Vegas, NM	1	$369.97	$369.97
Silver City, NM	1	$264.00	$264.00

Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.

Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.

Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.

Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What PT evaluation, low complexity is, what the price covers and why prices differ: PT evaluation, low complexity explained.

Physical therapy evaluation, low complexity (typically about 20 minutes) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.